2023 Election: Candidate StatementsThank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Preservation Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice. You will be voting for:One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (1 year term as Vice-Chair; following two years as Chair and Past-Chair)
One Member-At-Large (Two-year term)Ballots will be managed by SAA staff. Ballots opened Monday, June 26, and...
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-elect, for a two-year term
Two Steering Committee members, each for a three-year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; please keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (select one)
Name: Deborah Smith
Professional title, institution, or affiliation: Executive Director, Jones Memorial Library
Biographical Information:
Deborah Smith is Executive Director of the Jones Memorial Library in...
Read candidate statements for the 2023-2024 election.
Thank you to all who considered standing as a candidate for standing in the 2023 Military Archives Section election. Please take some time to review the candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term; and
One Communications Liaison, for a two-year term.
The new Chair of the MARS Section will be Beth Ann Koelsch, who was elected as the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect in 2022. Jennifer Milani will...
Thank you to our candidates for standing for the 2023 Manuscript Repositories Section election.
Section members, please review their candidate statements and get to know the candidates so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term; and
Four (4) Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect...
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a three-year term (2023-2026); and
Two Steering Committee members (three-year terms) (2023-2026).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect Candidates (1 open seat)
Tyler Cline
Digital Archivist, University of North Carolina Charlotte
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Over the past decade as a digital archivist, I've seen the field grow,...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Archival History Section election. Please take some time to review th following candidate bios and statements and get to know them.
The ballots themselves will be managed by SAA staff. Keep an eye on your inbox for the official ballots to all sections.
You will be voting for:
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One Vice Chair (for a one-year term, who will move to Chair next year)
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Three (3) Steering Committee members, for one-year...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Archival History Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them.
You will find their bios and statements in both our newsletter and in another note that will follow this one.
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Congressional Papers Section (CPS) election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Chair (two-year term),
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (three-year term), and
Two Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!...
Thank you to all of our wonderful candidates for volunteering to run for open SAA Collection Management Section positions.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term
Two Steering Committee members, for a two-year term.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidate (1 position)
Alexis PeregoyDirector of the Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health...
In 2023, the SAA Lone Arrangers Section (LAS) will elect new leadership to fill the following positions: Vice Chair/Chair, Newsletter Editor, and Regional Representative.
Meet the 2023 Candidates:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Hilary Swett
Archivist, Writers Guild Foundation
Bio: I am a solo archivist at the Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit entertainment special collections library and archive in Los Angeles. Like all of us in small shops, I wear many hats and juggle shifting priorities and...
Mark your calendars! The LAS Annual Meeting will be on Monday, June 12th from 1-2:30 PM Pacific / 2-3:30 PM Mountain/ 3-4:30 PM Central/ 4-5:30 PM Eastern.
During the meeting, we will introduce important updates, initiatives, and future plans from our Steering Committee. We will also be welcoming Christina Zamon, Head of Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University and author of the soon-to-be-released book, Alone in the Stacks. In celebration of our 20th anniversary as a group...
Steering Committee Roster
Please find the 2023 IAAS election slate of candidates below:
Junior Co-Chair (2-year term):
Karen Trivette
Head of Special Collection and College Archives, Gladys Marcus Library,
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York
Candidate Statement: I wish to express my sincere interest to serve the SAA International Archival Affairs Section (IAAS) as Junior Co-Chair. Since becoming a professional archivist, I have taken on leadership roles within my...
The Archivists and Archives of Color Section Steering Committee is excited to announce the excellent slate of candidates running in this year’s election. Please review their bios and statements before casting your votes.
You will be voting for:
1 Co-chair (2-year term)
1 Newsletter Editor (2-year term)
SAA staff administer ballots through Survey Monkey and will email you the ballot when voting opens.
Co-chair
Kimberly Villafuerte BarzolaDigital Archiving Educator, LGBTQ Religious Archives...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One co-chair, for a two-year term, serving in year one as junior co-chair and in year two as senior co-chair; and
Two Steering Committee members, for a two-year term.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an...
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a three-year term; and
Three Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
The following candidates are running for the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect position:
Elizabeth Russell
Providence Archives, Seattle
Biographical Statement
I am currently Senior...
Register now via Webex to attend the 2023 Privacy and Confidentiality Section Meeting on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, from 11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., CT.
Following a brief business meeting, we will host an informal, unrecorded open discussion about privacy and confidentiality in archives. We will use Padlet to guide the discussion. An anonymous posting option will be available.
Potential discussion topics could include, but are not limited to:
Reappraisal based on P&C...
Are you passionate about preservation and excited to share skills and knowledge with your colleagues? Would you like to get more involved with SAA and expand your leadership experience? Maybe it's time to help lead the Preservation Section!
We are seeking candidates for two positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Member-At-Large
If you are interested in nominating yourself, or would like to nominate someone else, please send the name and a 4 or 5 sentence statement of interest/professional bio...
The Native American Archives Section is seeking nominations for our 2023-2024 Steering Committee positions!
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) Native American Archives Section (NAAS) is seeking nominations for (1) Vice Chair/Chair-Elect and three (3) Steering Committee members. Anyone is welcome to apply, including students and early-career archivists. If you work with Native American archival materials, or are interested in learning more about the Protocols for Native American Archival...
New V1.2 of the SAA Research and Innovation Roadmap -- an active and evolving document, developed by the SAA Committee on Research, Data and Assessment, and asserts the critical research needs and gaps that have been identified by members across the profession. The roadmap reflects an analysis of current and emerging research, assessment, and data needs, to frame and inform work the profession might undertake in the years to come.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BIFuSyKWOoPPNLHFiEwvRH9pC-...
Would you like to get more involved with SAA and expand your leadership experience? Maybe it's time to help lead the Preservation Section!
We are seeking candidates for two positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Member-At-Large
If you are interested in nominating yourself, or would like to nominate someone else, please send the name and a 4 or 5 sentence statement of interest/professional bio to Kim Hoffman (khoffman@hamilton.edu) by Monday, May 22nd.
The work: Section projects include...
This year we have multiple open spots on our section's leadership team:
Vice-Chair (1)
Steering committee members (up to 2)
Please submit nominations for these positions via email to the AES Chair, Jesse Johnston (jajohnst@umich.edu). Please submit any nominatsion by May 25, so our slate of candidates may be posted on May 26.
List of Positions
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect (2-year commitment, 1 year as Vice-Chair and 1 year as Chair): Serves as Vice-Chair from the conclusion of the 2023 annual...
The Performing Arts Section (PAS) is inviting nominations for the Co-Chairs and three Steering Committee Member positions.
Serving in a leadership role on the Section is a wonderful way to become more involved with PAS and SAA and get to know other archivists.
Members of SAA and PAS are encouraged to apply for a position as an officer or member of the Steering Committee. Membership in both SAA and PAS is a condition of the nomination. The term for each office is two years, beginning in...
The Performing Arts Section (PAS) is inviting nominations for both the Co-Chair and three Steering Committee Member positions.
Serving in a leadership role on the Section is a wonderful way to become more involved with PAS and SAA and get to know other archivists.
Members of SAA and PAS are encouraged to apply for a position as an officer or member of the Steering Committee. Membership in both SAA and PAS is a condition of the nomination. The term for each office is two years, beginning in...
Help shape the future of the Society of American Archivists' Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) by joining the Steering Committee!
Service on the MDOS Steering Committee is a manageable time commitment that offers you valuable experience as you contribute to our profession. You can help foster discussion, education, and collaboration among archivists interested in digitization, digital archival objects, and the metadata that enables their access, management, and preservation. This...
